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EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 2w ago

There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.

this week's ep is so much fun!! rachael spills the tea on the courtroom drama of the century. backstabbing! secret affairs! and also a dramatic reading of the texts from the night of the openai coup! we got it all, minus the fancy butt cushions

Rachael Myrow@rachaelmyrow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I was not looking anywhere in the vicinity of their butts! But perhaps I should have been? @morgansung.bsky.social and @goosenaut.bsky.social of the @kqednews.kqed.org podcast "Close All Tabs" help me process what I sat through, and I mean SAT through not too long ago. www.kqed.org/news/1208523...

HARK DAILY - Today's best podcast moments in one playlist, featuring: - James Comey on why U.S. counterintelligence is at risk @timmiller.bsky.social - The deepfake porn problem @morgansung.bsky.social - Is this the end of Ben Shapiro? @taylorlorenz.bsky.social

Hark Daily: May 14, 2026

A playlist of podcast moments

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are you a college student who loves the internet? are you interested in covering the overlap between tech and culture? can you edit audio for narrative storytelling? close all tabs is hiring a PAID intern, and it could be you!!! kqed.applytojob.com/apply/wbD61P...

Good episode of Close All Tabs with @morgansung.bsky.social. Hearing about 'looksmaxxing' being about being attractive to the male gaze, an odd priority for self-described straight men. Also news about Fruit Love Island and BTS, topics usually outside my zone. www.kqed.org/news/1207993...

Save or Scroll: Looksmaxxing, AI Fruit Love Island, BTS Arirang, and Meta Lawsuits | KQED

In a spring installment of Save or Scroll, Morgan teams up with culture journalist Steffi Cao to dig into the stories they can’t stop thinking about. From looksmaxxing to AI Fruit Island, BTS’ new alb...

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something very sweet about watching the first real youtube star harmonize with his younger self & then live react to his most embarrassing paparazzi moments. i could write a dissertation on this performance as a reflection on internet fame. & showing random vines? justin bieber is actually so funny

new baby shoes just dropped :(

so thankful to @morgansung.bsky.social for having me on Close All Tabs to talk about how farmers have fought for right to repair! Thought this episode turned out really great and the show in general is amazing: www.kqed.org/news/1207746...

To Hack a Tractor: How Farmers Won the Right to Repair | KQED

What do pissed off farmers and broken McFlurry machines have to do with each other? More than you’d think. Both are part of the story behind the modern right-to-repair movement. In this episode, Jason...

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This week on @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social, our listener Chris lost his sight in high school, and was worried he lost his love for movies as well. But then he discovered audio descriptions. The problem is that so many movies aren't audio described. So he came to us for help.

Hyperfixed | Chris's Watchlist

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to be fair, asking the average person to pick between blood meridian and claudeslop is kind of like asking to choose between a funky sediment heavy "biodynamic" natural wine and a buzzball. you gotta develop a taste for this kind of thing.

✨Directed by John Carpenter✨@ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

THIS IS INSANE

I talked to @morgansung.bsky.social about sex work, surveillance, & censorship for close all tabs from kqed! www.kqed.org/news/12075321

Sex Workers Tried to Warn Us About Age Verification Laws | KQED

Requiring internet users to verify their ages before accessing mature content may sound reasonable. Shouldn’t we be doing a better job protecting kids from online vulgarities? But free speech advocate...

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Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...

Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators

Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.

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With the awful WaPo layoffs and the state of journalism more broadly, if it's useful for any writers and reporters considering going indy, @molly.wiki, @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social of Aftermath, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social of 404 Media, @edzitron.com and me will do a little workshop next week.

🎙️ON AIR: We're talking to @morgansung.bsky.social, @sfgate.com's Stephen Council, and @kjezermorton.bsky.social about friction-maxxing and how doing things the hard way can bring us more joy, serendipity and human connection. ❓How do you friction-maxx? 📻 Listen: buff.ly/ft7P38H

SF!! we're throwing a party and you're invited!! close all tabs is hosting its first live event: a powerpoint party where @aidanwalker.bsky.social and @candicelim.bsky.social and i present our favorite internet lore :) and! you can present your own! there will be prizes! www.kqed.org/event/5937

Do you have the right to record ICE? Criminal justice reporter @cjciaramella.bsky.social explains to @morgansung.bsky.social how the Trump administration is working to create a chilling effect around filming law enforcement. www.kqed.org/news/1206959... via @kqednews.kqed.org @goosenaut.bsky.social

Are You Allowed to Record ICE? | KQED

When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, it became an instant flashpoint in the ongoing escalation of federal law enforcemen...

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You don’t need to guard yourself against every threat unless you're willing to “live as a hermit on a 🏔️ and fling all of your devices into the sea,” says the #cybersecurity director at the @eff.org. www.kqed.org/news/1207040... via @kqednews.kqed.org @morgansung.bsky.social @goosenaut.bsky.social

How to Protect Your Information Online in 2026 | KQED

What are some easy digital habits you can pick up in the new year that can protect your privacy online?

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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.

Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.

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it's a first amendment right but DHS has been retaliating against anyone exercising that right. close all tabs just put out a whole episode about this! wherever you get your podcasts! www.kqed.org/news/1206959...

Are You Allowed to Record ICE? | KQED

When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, it became an instant flashpoint in the ongoing escalation of federal law enforcemen...

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Ted Lieu@tedlieu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The First Amendment protects the public’s right to: 1. Film ICE in public 2. Photograph ICE in public 3. Observe what ICE does in public ICE and DHS officials cannot lay a finger on any American who is peacefully exercising First Amendment rights.

bodes well for woke 2.0 that fujos are mainstream but it also means that fanfiction discourse is reaching new heights of Annoying

ok rewatching industry right now and the whole show makes soooo much more sense now that i know that a short is when you gag the market

new close all tabs episode with @cjciaramella.bsky.social, all about the right to record and share information about ICE, and how the trump administration is trying to stop people from exercising that right tr.ee/_QLi_jEzEZ

incredibly techbrained solution here. they're detaining people and smashing their phones just for taking pictures right now but somehow they'll stand still enough for an observer to scan their qr code??

Ritchie Torres@ritchietorres.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency. ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.

new close all tabs episode with @cjciaramella.bsky.social, all about the right to record and share information about ICE, and how the trump administration is trying to stop people from exercising that right tr.ee/_QLi_jEzEZ

not to nitpick but when did "fujoshing out" becoming a thing. the term is "fujoing out." this is context collapse in action, and as the mainstream internet absorbs fandom vernacular, it'll forget the og fujos who carved this depraved path for everyone else. and that's my ted talk

Also holds up the idea that white people are the *only* people capable of cooly and fairly assessing fraught issues without any prejudice or bias.

MisterJayEm@misterjayem.bsky.social · 8mo ago

They made "objective neutrality" the ideal journalistic standard, so if you care about your subject -- or might care -- you're automatically suspect.

uber driver picked me up in a tesla and we're chatting about bands we like. he taps something and goes "hey grok, what genre is this band?" then he asks grok to weigh in, inviting it into our conversation lol. anyway i'm in SF for five more hours, where should i get coffee?

in a college econ class i had to do a presentation with this girl. when we met up to work on it, she launched into a whole racist rant about how woke welfare programs destroyed the american economy. mind u, the assignment was about supply and demand in monopolies or something like that lol

leon@leyawn.bsky.social · 8mo ago

it must be so fucking annoying to take a college class and realize one of your fellow students is trying to do some right wing attack bull shit. like who cares bro

by the way the close all tabs team won a media literacy award from NAMLE, which means my letterboxd takes are always correct from now on

now the embargo has lifted i can finally post about how i went to a wicked 2 screening and was the only one in the theater who audibly gasped when they made their brooms scissor